It happened last week in Lexington, Ky., when 21-year-old Katie, whose last name was not immediately available, fell 80 feet off a cliff while hiking at the Red River Gorge.

The 25 Gettysburg College students were spending spring break at the gorge.

The students knew what to do as they were all trained as wilderness first responders.

"Seeing her face and seeing her eyes closed and the swelling that was in her face, that really hit home," said student Charlie Smith.

The rescue was recorded on a cellphone as the students carried the woman on a litter to an ambulance. It took more than two hours to get the woman out of the woods at the Red River Gorge, the students said.

"It is hard to believe she even survived the fall," said student Haven Whipple.

"It was pretty much just grunts," student Andrew Rhoads said. "I would just say, 'How are you doing?'"

The students received their training as wilderness first responders while taking part in an outdoor leadership program. They were called on by emergency crews in Kentucky to help in the rescue.

"Everybody just stepped up and did what they needed to do," said student Ann Valentine.

Now that the students are back on campus, they said they don't want to be called heroes.

"We just did what was requested of us," Rhoads said.

The woman who fell is not much older than many of the students who helped. Some of the rescuers said they would like to get to know her better.

Whipple said she would like to give her a hug.

"I'd tell her we were all concerned about her well-being," Whipple said.

The woman spent 15 hours at the bottom of the cliff before rescuers got to her.

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